One of the critical aspects of the Goods and Services Tax, or GST, is the availability of input tax credit on capital goods used for manufacturing activities. ITC Rules for Capital Goods under GST have been prescribed which is to be followed strictly.

Manufacturing contributes a major part to our country’s GDP and initiatives such as Make in India, Digital India are going to boost it further.

The GST Council has agreed upon rules related to transition, input credit, registration as well as other features of the tax. In this article, we shall give you our guide on ITC Rules for Capital Goods under GST.

ITC Rules for Capital Goods under GST

Below are the high level rules for determination of Input Tax Credit (ITC) w.r.t. Capital Goods and reversal if any:

B. Credit of Input Tax will be available in totality where Capital Goods have been used for effecting taxable supplies and business activity without any restrictions

C. Amount of input tax referred in above points A and B must be indicated in Form GSTR-2 and however only point B will be credited to electronic credit ledger.

D. Where Capital Goods is used commonly for exempt and taxable supplies and/or business and non-business activity the credit of input tax shall be calculated in the following manner:

Such amount shall be credited to Electronic Credit LedgerUseful life of such capital good shall be taken to be 5 years from the date of purchaseNow the total amount of input tax credited to Electronic Credit Ledger w.r.t. whole useful life such common capital good shall be distributed over the useful life4. The above amount shall be calculated for all such common capital goods for every tax period namely a month

5. The amount of credit to be added to output tax liability attributable to exempt supplies out of input tax for common use of capital good shall be

Central taxState TaxUnion Territory TaxIntegrated TaxE. Where a capital good which was earlier used or intended to be exclusively used for:

Non- business purposeEffecting exempt suppliesLater to be used commonly for:

Business and non-business purposeEffecting taxable and exempt suppliesInput tax to be credited to electronic credit ledger would be:

= Input Tax – 5% of Input tax for every quarter or part thereof

Let us understand the situation through an example

Mr. Avinash bought a Capital Good intended to be used for effecting exempt supplies only, for Rs 1,00,000/- paying Rs 18,000 as input tax on 01/04/2017 and now on 15/11/2018 he wishes to use the capital good commonly for taxable and exempt supplies.

Now the eligible common input tax credit will be calculated as follows

= Input Tax – 5% of Input tax for every quarter or part thereof

= 18,000 – 5% of 18000 * 3 quarters

= 18,000 – 2,700

= 15,300

Now Mr. Avinash will credit Rs 15,300 to Electronic Credit ledger and follow the steps shown in point D to calculate the input tax attributable to exempt supplies out of common credit

F. Where a capital good which was earlier used, or intended to be exclusively used for effecting taxable supplies and business purpose

Later to be used commonly for

Business and non-business purposeEffecting taxable and exempt suppliesInput tax to be credited to electronic credit ledger would be:

= Input Tax – 5% of Input tax for every quarter or part thereof

Manner of reversal of credit under certain circumstances

Under the following circumstances attributable credit of input tax will be added to output tax liability:

The above calculation must be done separately for integrated tax and central tax.

The amount determined must form part of output tax liability and furnished in:

Where a normal taxpayer opts to pay tax under composition scheme or goods and/or services supplied by him become exempt- FORM GST ITC-03Registration is cancelled- FORM GSTR-10Along with certification from a practicing chartered accountant or cost accountant.

In case of sale of capital good, where the amount determined as above is greater than the tax on transaction value of such supply, the amount determined as above will be added to output tax liability and details to be furnished in FORM GSTR1

Capital goods send on job work

Where a capital good including plant & machinery have been send to a job worker for job work, credit of input tax shall be allowed to the principal manufacturer.

Such goods must be received back within a period of 3 years of being send out or else it shall be treated as supply on the date on which goods was earlier send and tax would be payable along with interest for late payment of taxes

Where capital goods have been send directly to job worker after purchase of such capital goods, the period of three years would be calculated from the date of receipt of such goods by the job worker.

All the above provisions will not apply to moulds and dies, jigs and fixtures, or tools sent out to a job worker for job work.